“In India, parts of the country don’t have Wi-Fi or wireless coverage — or much power, either,” said Mozilla hardware chief Li Gong in a recent interview with VentureBeat.

”But they would like a little phone where the whole family can huddle around it and make calls or watch TV. There’s a lot of usage of smart devices that doesn’t conform to the North American ideal of how things should be.

“Our vision is not to be only high-end but to serve the underserved and unserved.”

To that end, the devices are pared-down for the first-time smartphone user and priced affordably for all geographies and income levels.

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